Exerciser



H. W. TITUS EXERCISER h May 15, 192s. 1,669,499r

Filed July lo. 1924' l I @g5 m IN/ygNlonJ Patented May 15, 1928.

UNITED STATES HENRY w. Tires, or NEW Yonx, N. Y.

EXERCISER.

Application filed July 10,

The device, the subject of this invention is of the general character of exercisers, the invention of myself and others and has for its special objects certain improvements which simplify the construction and which add to the efficiency of the device by increasing the length of its useful life and preventing the accidental breakage of certain parts, the untoward rupture of which might inflict personal injury upon the user.

In all other respects the construction and operation of this exerciser is similar to that of elastic exercisers in which the art has been well established.

The following is what I consider a go-od means of carrying out this invention and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows.

In the drawing Fig. 1, shows an exerciser. The figure is in elevation, partly in section.

Fig. 2, shows a handle for eXercisers. This figure is in elevation, partly in section.

Fig. 3, shows the construction of a handle for progressive eXercisers. This figure is in elevation and fractured section.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

An exerciser of this type is usually constructed to be used by both hands simultaneously, but as the parts at one side of the device, or what might be called the right hand side of the device are duplicated at the left hand side of the device, I have shown and will describe but one side.

For each hand I provide a handle as shown at 5, secured in which is a bale or wire mem ber 6. The handle 5 may be of wood and if so formed I will provide a metallic core 7 for the handle, for a purpose that shall appear later. This metallic core may be a piece of steel tubing forced into the handle and frictionally retained therein.

The bale 6 is formed as an obling member having a plurality of loops formed integral therein and at the side opposite the handle, which is one of the longer sides of the oblong. The number of loops may be. varied, but in the device shownfin Fig. 1, I have formed live loops, as five is a. number that I have adopted as a standard as shall later appear. The loops are indicated by the reference characters 8 to 12 inclusive.

The wire from which thebale 6, is con- 192,4. lserial No. 725,130.

structed, should be stiff and I prefer a steel wire. The ends of the wire are turned toward each other and are inserted into the tubular member 7, asindicated at 13 and 14.

Secured in each of the loops 8 to 12, or in any of/theseloops is a spring member, one

of which is shown at 15. The spring member lshould be quite readily attached or detached yfrom the loops 8 to 12, sovthat any number of` springs may be employed in the exerciser, thus the exercisersmay, by commencing with a single spring be progres sively advanced with the increasing strength of the user until all live springs may be employed without difficulty.

The otherwise free ends of the springs 15 may be secured to a suitable support and in Fig. 1, I show the spring engaged in one of the loops of a floor member.

The floor member is a bale or wire member provided with a plurality of loops as shown at `16 to 2O inclusive, the number of loops obviously corresponding to the number of the loops in the handle member. The ends of the floor member 21 are passed through a board 22 and are turned as shown at 23 and 241 to secure the member in the board. The person using the eXerciser may stand upon the board 22 and it will be understood that at the opposite end of the board another floor member 21, plurality of springs 15 and handle is provided.

In Fig. 2, I sho-w a handle of simple construction, the bale` 25 of which is formed of sheet metal, the handle being secured by a rivet 26. This handle 27 is also provided with a metallic core 28.

As I have found in progressive exercisers that a greater number of springs are often desired and as I have found in my work that a greater number' of proportionately weaker springs serve more eliciently than a lesser number of proportionately stifer springs, I have designed the handle member shown in Fig. 3, wherein the bale 29 I form ten loops 30 to 39 inclusive, forming the loops on two dilferent planes, one. behind the other, the loops bearing uneven reference characters 31, 33, 35 and etc., being on a plane further removed from the eye as shown in the 'drawing than the loops bearing even numbers, 30, 32, 34 and etc. All of the loops are formed integral with the bale 29.

Inl this construction, the ends of the handle 110 are rounded and the ends of the core a. `ferrule to prevent the handle binding. v p

It has been customary to, insert the `free ends of a Wire bale into a Wooden handle Without the core 4l. I have found that todo this causes the interior of the handle to Wear to great extent, thus weakening thehandle and causing it to become loose on the bale. Occasionally handles so weakened have broken and have Gailenedrv injulfy Vto` the vhand of the user.` It is to overcome this 'disadvantage that the cores as shownatv, 28 and 411 are provided. a i

It willi be understood that the handlehere eliown may be used with Wall exercisers oi' with chest expanders on with Wrist and grip developing devices and that otherimodtica tions may. `be` made. Within the Vscope of the appended claim .without depaptingnfxorn the principle or saorlfengthe advantagesf the invention.

Having carefully and fully described my` Vber at the'other endet said resilient member, a cyhndmoal. metallic nmlnber of; uniform.

diameter passing through seid` handle and a medient bale entering. saidmetallic, member andietajned therein by the resilieney of said -i bale. a a

Signed atthe city, `Coilntv and State Qt 'New York, this Q3 day QJun, 1924.

HENRY W. Titans. 

